Legal Overall Length

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Bought this used farm gun from Prairie Gun Traders (BTW always great guys to deal with) this past weekend.
Priced perfectly for $100, this is a great first 22lr for my 7 year son to learn safely and its OK if he beats the hell out it.

The overall length is 39 inches but I need to shorten the stock so he can shoulder it properly.
I should be legally OK to shorten the stock (not the barrel) all the way down so that the gun has overall length of 26 inches (minimum)?
I only plan to shorten roughly 2 inches off the stock anyways (tapped off in green).

Would I be OK to do this?

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Yes as long as it maintains 26" OAL

So legally you can cut the barrel down to 18" and the stock down to whatever will keep it over 26".
 
You could also try shortening the stock a half inch at a time and progressively length the stock as he grows.
The thinner your blade decreases the steps as the stock pieces are reattached. Not much that can't be corrected with sand paper.
 
Munkey1973 said:
That is a slick idea that did not even cross my mind.

Thanks for the wisdom nugget !
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And what you can do... Is drill 2 holes where the butt plate screws go. Thru the 2" section, and into the section you wont cut. Then as he can grow, you can screw on a new section. Assuming you would section the cut off pieces more. That will also help every piece to line up. Personally if I was going to do that.. I would epoxy some sort of machine screw anchor.
 
OkayShooter said:
And what you can do... Is drill 2 holes where the butt plate screws go. Thru the 2" section, and into the section you wont cut. Then as he can grow, you can screw on a new section. Assuming you would section the cut off pieces more. That will also help every piece to line up. Personally if I was going to do that.. I would epoxy some sort of machine screw anchor.
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Slick idea. The challenge would be to keep the two holes parallel. Would not be a problem in a factory. But at home, can't imagine how to do it.
 
OkayShooter is right. Just drill the existing holes deeper; your drill will follow the existing hole. One caution, though. Check that a deepened lower hole won't break through the underside of the butt. Depends on where the hole is, and the angle of the belly of the stock. You might need to drill a new hole above the original.
 
tiriaq said:
OkayShooter is right. Just drill the existing holes deeper; your drill will follow the existing hole. One caution, though. Check that a deepened lower hole won't break through the underside of the butt. Depends on where the hole is, and the angle of the belly of the stock. You might need to drill a new hole above the original.
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So glad this simple thread took thread (originally regarding overall legal length) took a turn into this direction.

VERY GOOD IDEAS !

I'm thinking the best thing might be to drill 2 new holes that are in between the existing screw holes for the but-pad.
Drill the holes deeper that what I intend to cut off..... THEN cut off what I want to cut off.
This way I do not need to worry about holes lining up years from now when I want to add the piece back on... this way the holes will guaranteed be a perfect fit.

Makes sense ?

In the picture below, I show 1/2 wooden dowel stock.. but that might go with a 3/8 dowel.

As someone else mentioned, I'd best use a saw blade with the thinnest "kerf" I can find.... might end up using a hacksaw in a mitre block or seek a friend on facebook who has access to a quality band saw for thin and straight cut.

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